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Commercial banks issue banknotes in Scotland and Northern Ireland
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Not all banknotes are issued only by a central bank. In Scotland and Northern Ireland, six authorised commercial banks issue their own notes. The Bank of England supervises this arrangement and checks that the banks meet the rules for backing their banknotes.
